Mateo is an awesome tapas restaurant in downtown Durham. Hank and I are heading to London and Barcelona this year, so it was fun to preview the tapas lifestyle that is Spain.
As for drinks, I ordered their Cheerwine Sangria - red wine, citrus, seasonal fruit and basil.
This place is seriously great. I love a wide variety of snacks to make up a meal. We enjoyed carpaccio de pulpo {octopus carpaccio, smoke potato salad, red onion}, coles de bruselas {brussel sprouts, migas, CHC smoked farmer's cheese, bartlett pear, pecan vinaigretta, pickled cranberry}, costillas de puerco {pork ribs, espellette pepper jelly}, morcilla y batata {blood sausage, local sweet potato puree, pickled pears, chestnut, moscatel vinaigretta} and a bone marrow special that was delicious.
We finished off the meal with a fig-based bread pudding. Next time... Churros!
